..Using sVCAM-1, a well-proven marker for endothelial injury under inflammatory processes, we investigated vascular injury and its association with clinical and pathological manifestations in IgAN patients...

Renal involvement in a large cohort of Chinese patients with Castleman disease

..The association of kidney disease with Castleman disease (CD) is uncommon. To date, most studies have been based on single-case reports. Here, we describe renal involvement in CD in a large Chinese cohort...

Do the mutations of C1GALT1C1 gene play important roles in the genetic susceptibility to Chinese IgA nephropathy?

..Cosmc, encoded by C1GALT1C1 gene, was indispensable to beta1,3 galactosylation of IgA1. We designed a serial study to investigate the relationship between the mutations of C1GALT1C1 gene and the genetic susceptibility to IgAN...